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our thanks to the hoffman foundation for having us -- kaufman foundation for having us today. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> coming up today on c-span, election night speeches from yesterday's senate election in massachusetts. on today's "washington journal," live with your phone calls. and live coverage of the u.s. house as they work on several suspension bills including measures related to relief efforts in haiti. the senate homeland security committee holds a hearing today on aviation security and the christmas day bombing plot. homeland security secretary janet napolitano and national intelligence director dennis blair are among those scheduled to testify. you can watch it live on c-span3 beginning at 9:30 a.m. eastern time or watch it online at c-span.org. abigail adams had to remind john adams to remember the ladies when creating a new government. dolly madison had to encourage her once shy husband james this weekend on "afterwards," the intimate lives of the founding fathers. thomas fle
our thanks to the hoffman foundation for having us -- kaufman foundation for having us today. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> coming up today on c-span, election night speeches from yesterday's senate election in massachusetts. on today's "washington journal," live with your phone calls. and live coverage of the u.s. house as they work on several suspension bills including measures related to...
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faith that leads us to a commitment that is greater to us as individuals. hope. any of us who is without hope is most at risk. growth. that potential for claming postiming growth. if everyone of our front-line leaders, those nco's, those troops, if they knew the answer is about each of their troops, if we knew the answers about our family members and leaders and ourselves and how to engage each other in a meaningful and productive dialogue, perhaps we would be a step further away from the terminal signs of hopelessness and despair. that is our challenge. this is not business as usual. for as much as we have to learn, as much as we already know, we know that preventing suicide is first and foremost a public health and challenge. -- a public health challenge. at the center of our attention, the health and well-being of our warriors, our veterans, and yes, our families, those who are courageous enough to love us, but it goes on from there. we must build peer to peer support networks. we must build brazilian families and communities. safe leaders. -- we must build fa
faith that leads us to a commitment that is greater to us as individuals. hope. any of us who is without hope is most at risk. growth. that potential for claming postiming growth. if everyone of our front-line leaders, those nco's, those troops, if they knew the answer is about each of their troops, if we knew the answers about our family members and leaders and ourselves and how to engage each other in a meaningful and productive dialogue, perhaps we would be a step further away from the...
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let us begin. president obama and members in congress are now in final -- the final stage of having out a national health-care bill. there is a real possibility that the winner of this election will be in a position to ensure passage of the bill for its defeat. do you want voters in massachusetts to see next tuesday's vote on a referendum on this national health care bill? mr. brown? >> thank you and a pleasure to be here. i think the institute. i thank you for your question. the health care bill being proposed in washington is broken by the bad deal -- by the back room deals. we need to start over. we have health care here in massachusetts. 98% of our people are already insured. we have done it. we do not need what is being pushed in washington on massachusetts, spending $500 million on medicare? we know we need to reform and that is something we're going to be doing very shortly. to think that we need of one size fits all plan from congress, coming down here and hurting what we have? that is one
let us begin. president obama and members in congress are now in final -- the final stage of having out a national health-care bill. there is a real possibility that the winner of this election will be in a position to ensure passage of the bill for its defeat. do you want voters in massachusetts to see next tuesday's vote on a referendum on this national health care bill? mr. brown? >> thank you and a pleasure to be here. i think the institute. i thank you for your question. the health...
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thus, more of the pain of unemployment from this downturn lies ahead of us than behind us. the deep recession and protracted recovery mean under current law lower tax revenues and higher outlays for certain benefit programs. cbo estimates that those automatic stabilizers will increase the budget deficit by more than 2% of gdp in both 2010 and 2011. in addition, cbo projects that last year's fiscal stimulus package will increase the deficit by roughly 2% of gdp this year and by a smaller amount next year. as the economy recovers and the effects of the automatic stabilizers and legislative policies fade away, the budget deficit will shrink relative to gdp. however, as i have noteed, the projected deficit remains large throughout the decade even under current law, and if the current law is changed in some way that more closely matches current policy -- as most people see it -- the amount of government borrowing relative to gdp would be unprecedented in the post-world war ii period. a large and persistent imbalance between federal spending and revenues is apparent in cbo's proj
thus, more of the pain of unemployment from this downturn lies ahead of us than behind us. the deep recession and protracted recovery mean under current law lower tax revenues and higher outlays for certain benefit programs. cbo estimates that those automatic stabilizers will increase the budget deficit by more than 2% of gdp in both 2010 and 2011. in addition, cbo projects that last year's fiscal stimulus package will increase the deficit by roughly 2% of gdp this year and by a smaller amount...
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that is a useful approach. it could be useful going forward regardless of the issue of making up for the past actions of the taxpayers in terms of charging financial firms for the risk of larger liabilities. >> thank you. ms. minow? >> i agree. >> mr. stiglitz? >> it is important to affect the incentives. if you have the incentive for excessive risk-taking, you will do it. those are also at the organizational level. that is why it is so critical. even when we affect incentives, we will never do it perfectly. sweet constraints on leverage, behavior's, products, derivatives, and finally, for our system to work there has to be transparency. the way the system is set up, it is impossible for capital markets to exercise the discipline that is needed to make our system function well. >> thank you. >> the gentleman from california. >> thank you. i would like to throw out a few thoughts. i am going to suggest to you that the executive compensation issues on which we all agree, the excessive risks, the short- term focus
that is a useful approach. it could be useful going forward regardless of the issue of making up for the past actions of the taxpayers in terms of charging financial firms for the risk of larger liabilities. >> thank you. ms. minow? >> i agree. >> mr. stiglitz? >> it is important to affect the incentives. if you have the incentive for excessive risk-taking, you will do it. those are also at the organizational level. that is why it is so critical. even when we affect...
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hop -- when we talk about hope -- and the evil that opposes us is not coming after us in polite discussion. you knew about hitler and what he was trying to do. this is overwhelming. many people will not engage in the strugglea. nger is usually-- anger is usually a mask for fear. we are gripped by this. what do you think about your king now? that was the phone call we got. he is dead now. that sent shock waves. because none of us in here is ready to die. if we understand that as an expression of our sacrifice, then we gotta it. >> one of your sermons, i cannot say i fully embrace it, but i tried. he ended a sermon of reflection upsetting, " fear not at the door, faith answered. there was no one there." i started by quoting dr. king in saying, "to go forward, we must look back. and we discover the moral foundations of all significant social change." this evening we have looked backed in order to go forward. we have received great council by this wonderful panel, which as we prepared to go, i hope you'll join me in thanking them. [applause] hos[captioning performed by national captioning inst
hop -- when we talk about hope -- and the evil that opposes us is not coming after us in polite discussion. you knew about hitler and what he was trying to do. this is overwhelming. many people will not engage in the strugglea. nger is usually-- anger is usually a mask for fear. we are gripped by this. what do you think about your king now? that was the phone call we got. he is dead now. that sent shock waves. because none of us in here is ready to die. if we understand that as an expression of...
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us. i remember on that very first day, he told us that he would work for more proactive and balanced stewardship to protect our national parks and open spaces, restore our nation's rivers, resolve our water supply challenges, and address the challenges faced by our native american communities. is he a true to his word or what? [applause] he also told us that our department would be leading the way in changing america's. we're doing just that. it is an inspiration to walk in here every day and work with all of you on the issues that are so important to all americans. it is an inspiration and honor every day to work for secretary salazar and serve the president. thank you mr. secretary for the opportunity to be here with you. [applause] >> thank you, laura. we have had a great 2009 and we are fired up and ready to go for 2010. i am fired up. are you? [applause] come on. [applause] our work truly has just begun. i want to say at the outset that it would not have battled been possible to do t
us. i remember on that very first day, he told us that he would work for more proactive and balanced stewardship to protect our national parks and open spaces, restore our nation's rivers, resolve our water supply challenges, and address the challenges faced by our native american communities. is he a true to his word or what? [applause] he also told us that our department would be leading the way in changing america's. we're doing just that. it is an inspiration to walk in here every day and...
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it took us that long to get us here today. not because melissa didn't do her job but because the rest of us, i think, kept her from getting it finished. she not only did it start there but it was her idea and then she volunteered to do it. i think she might do that over again differently today. [laughter] >> her leadership has been extraordinary. her negotiating skills and thanks to her the american people now have -- i think it's fair to say the first ever consensus statement on constitutional role of religious expression in american public life under current law. and those of you who are not with the press can certainly now applaud melissa for her leadership on that. [applause] >> while the document we released today builds on the civility and the trust that have characterized similar common ground negotiations over the past two decades. now, the people at the table have varied. but the process, i would say, has consistently reflected a shared dedication to first amendment principles. even when we disagree on how to apply th
it took us that long to get us here today. not because melissa didn't do her job but because the rest of us, i think, kept her from getting it finished. she not only did it start there but it was her idea and then she volunteered to do it. i think she might do that over again differently today. [laughter] >> her leadership has been extraordinary. her negotiating skills and thanks to her the american people now have -- i think it's fair to say the first ever consensus statement on...
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it against us? >> host: if president obama gets health care legislation to sign and does sign it, will that be one the issues that you use in the 2010 election? >> absolutely. health care will be an ongoing issue until it's resolved in a way in which the government does not stand between the doctor and the patient. and that you are looking at a system where you are dealing bottom up. the reality of it is, you created a bureaucracy to solve cost problems. you know, so if cost is the issue, if that's the driver, then what do we need to do to address the cost, to bring those cost down. let's create greater competition in the marketplace so insurance companies are not -- they are not only three insurance companies that you can go to in my state. oh, i it go to the four that are over there or the seven that are over there. you create competition. and you do other things. the other thing is if you have 40 million, 33 million, 10 million people who are uninsured, look at the systemic reasons as to why they
it against us? >> host: if president obama gets health care legislation to sign and does sign it, will that be one the issues that you use in the 2010 election? >> absolutely. health care will be an ongoing issue until it's resolved in a way in which the government does not stand between the doctor and the patient. and that you are looking at a system where you are dealing bottom up. the reality of it is, you created a bureaucracy to solve cost problems. you know, so if cost is the...
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it is a great victory for us. i know it has been agonizing for the past few days or few months waiting for this decision, waiting and waiting and waiting but a it is an amazing thing to have lived through it for years and be told by the bureaucrats at the federal election commission you can't do that. you have no first amendment rights and i think today is a wonderful day to tell the folks over at the federal election commission that they work for the people. and the people don't work for them. so i'm really honored with this outcome. it is a tremendous victory for the first amendment and for our organization and thank you very much. i'm happy to take any questions. >> first amendment rights for the corporations and labor unions -- >> you know, we're going to have a chance to read the opinion. i'm sorry. i don't know exactly what the opinion says just yet. but it is a great day for every person in america whether you own stock in a company, whether you run a mom and pop grocery store, and by the way, when we took
it is a great victory for us. i know it has been agonizing for the past few days or few months waiting for this decision, waiting and waiting and waiting but a it is an amazing thing to have lived through it for years and be told by the bureaucrats at the federal election commission you can't do that. you have no first amendment rights and i think today is a wonderful day to tell the folks over at the federal election commission that they work for the people. and the people don't work for them....
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[applause] >> let us pray. o holy one, who we called by different names because we are a diverse people, you are the same one that calls us to live in this great city together. a city where hundreds of languages are spoken. a city where residents, one- fourth of them all, were born outside of the united states. a trail blazing city shows annise parker to be the mayor. in this -- a trail blazing city that shows annise parker -- that show chose annise parker to be r mayor. even the homeless and hungry are blessed. give us all here is that here each other. voices that speak to truth and love. mines that make sense out of confusion. parts that move us beyond mere tolerance to embrace of our differences -- parts -- hearts that move us beyond mere tolerance to embrace our differences. made the lord lift the light of his countenance upon you and give you peace, both now and forever more. amen. >> amen. [applause] ♪ >> congratulations, mayor. >> ♪ did you hear this message wherever you stand calling every woman cal
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it is a great victory for us. i know it has been agonizing for us waiting for this decision, but it is an amazing thing to have lived through it for years, and to be told by the bureaucrats at the federal elections commission you cannot do that. you have no first amendment rights, and i think today is a wonderful day to tell the folks at the federal elections commission that they work for the people and the people do not work for them, so i am really honored with this outcome. it is a tremendous victory for the first amendment and for our organization, and thank you very much. i am happy to take any questions. >> [inaudible] the corporate offices have the same rights as people? >> i do not know exactly what the opinion says just yet, but it is a great day for every person in america -- whether you own stock in a company, whether you run a mom-and-pop grocery store, and by the way, when we put in those several thousand dollars in corporate contributions that this case ended of ending on, they were just like that. t
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they remind us, let's look. they remind us, let's look. or are they developing@@@@@@raáv deepen our commitment to ensuring al qaeda cannot exploit those territories for attacks on our homeland. then just a couple matters that are left over from our report. we have talked a number of times about balancing the need between civil liberties and national security, and we have to get that balance right. ties and national security. we have to get that balance right. it is absolutely important. we recommend a civil liberties and board located in the white house which would look at the implications, whatever laws are passed come from a civil liberties. of view. the board was staffed in 2006. congress further strengthen it in 2007. we have an independent agency outside the white house. the board held numerous sessions with the fbi director among others, on terror surveillance, and other topics. çbut the board has disappeared. it has been dormant since that time. we have now a massive capacity in this country to develop data on individuals. the bo
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a 10 be used as a bridge. -- it can be used as a bridge. but what is worrisome is that people might just rely on that, saying that i can send my e-mail and check my status, but that means i won't have to get a computer at home. because a computer at home is what allows children to get online to during -- online tutoring, what allows parents to learn more about job transitions, about health information. we do see minorities using different types of media, but the most important type of media which is going to later contributed to the economic and social mobility that we need in our community, is still lagging behind. >> how do we justify that with the generation that uses technology differently? i am listening to a cd and i hear him talking about writing these lines on an iphone. there is a generation that feels they don't need a laptop, because they have mastered the ability of typing by some, as opposed to him -- typing by thumb as opposed to hand. are we -- should we be spending more time with the relevance and the ability of them to be s
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can you tell us that? i don't think that is getting through. >> thousands of more factories were to close their doors. millions more americans would have lost their jobs. the value of america's houses and savings would have fallen either further. people would have rushed to take their money out of banks. it would have brought about utter collapse. i don't know a better way to say it than that. if people wonder if that was true, all they have to do is look back at what happened in the fall of 2008. you saw the value of american savings fall by almost 40%. trillions of dollars in lost wealth and millions left their homes. thousands and thousands of businesses had to close. that's what happens when you let a crisis get out of control. government should never let that happen. if they don't act and this is important for people to understand. people think it's unfair for the government to act to rescue a financial system. you cannot help an economy recover and create jobs. you can't preserve the value of people'
can you tell us that? i don't think that is getting through. >> thousands of more factories were to close their doors. millions more americans would have lost their jobs. the value of america's houses and savings would have fallen either further. people would have rushed to take their money out of banks. it would have brought about utter collapse. i don't know a better way to say it than that. if people wonder if that was true, all they have to do is look back at what happened in the fall...
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the that used to keep us safe from bioterrorism in the '60s and the '70s and the early '80s unfortunately the biotechnical revolution that give us a much better life today in many aspects also provides that. the pathogens you would need to make a biological weapon you can get from nature. virtually everyone since the 1918 influenza and smallpox, all of them you can get from nature. ted turner lost 168 buffalo on his ranch because his cows ate in the wrong pasture. the equipment needed to weaponize these basic pathogens0 you can buy on the internet for probably less than what you would spend on a good used car. that's what's made the difference. we know the motivation is there. the technology makes it available for terrorists. >> this is -- the chairman mentioned there's a bottleneck with the nuclear side which give us an advantage. they have to get enough nuclear material. then they have to make it into a bomb which is within their capabilities but it's a lot harder than weaponizing bio. you can prepare for a bio attack and there's no way to prepare for a nuclear attack to so minimize the
the that used to keep us safe from bioterrorism in the '60s and the '70s and the early '80s unfortunately the biotechnical revolution that give us a much better life today in many aspects also provides that. the pathogens you would need to make a biological weapon you can get from nature. virtually everyone since the 1918 influenza and smallpox, all of them you can get from nature. ted turner lost 168 buffalo on his ranch because his cows ate in the wrong pasture. the equipment needed to...
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who would use it. what you might bring to it and then the different technologies that you will use to achieve that product or the manner in which you go about constructing the service that you're going to get. all of those which we basically put under the term commercialization. >> carl, one of the biggest issues, you and i talked about this at length, sometimes, is there is enormous uncertainty on health care, on cap and trade, on jobs, on elections. how are they navigating through that uncertainty? >> well, it is very difficult because i think it is a level of uncertainty, it is higher than it has been in a long, long time. history tells us loud and clear, that if nothing else in the economy doesn't work right in uncertainty, it is investment. people will not invest if you don't know what the rules are. the more i thought about this, i sometimes think that we don't understand the economy at all and just in case anybody is dying for the answer, bob lutz and i will have it out in the books. the notion,
who would use it. what you might bring to it and then the different technologies that you will use to achieve that product or the manner in which you go about constructing the service that you're going to get. all of those which we basically put under the term commercialization. >> carl, one of the biggest issues, you and i talked about this at length, sometimes, is there is enormous uncertainty on health care, on cap and trade, on jobs, on elections. how are they navigating through that...
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all of us is free. after andrew's murder, his mother carolyn became synonymous with the civil rights movement. she spoke in this very room to our gallery of educators inspiring them with a message of social justice and act vism and inenforcing their work at the museum. when she spoke to audiences in this theater she shared intimate details of her family life. like she stuck bandages into his duffel bag when he wasn't looking, just in case. she also participated in several programs. dr. goodman is a permanent part of our core exhibition and can be heard on the museum's audio tour recalling her son's decision to go to mississippi. he told her they are americans and they should have the right to vote and they are not permitted. she relates he was 20 and needed his parents' permission to go and she and her husband were very anxious but in her words we thought now the world can we possibly say no to andy and not give him our permission? her soul shown through her grief and she dedicated herself to telling th
all of us is free. after andrew's murder, his mother carolyn became synonymous with the civil rights movement. she spoke in this very room to our gallery of educators inspiring them with a message of social justice and act vism and inenforcing their work at the museum. when she spoke to audiences in this theater she shared intimate details of her family life. like she stuck bandages into his duffel bag when he wasn't looking, just in case. she also participated in several programs. dr. goodman...
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bridgett more difficult for us to check it. -- more difficult for us to check it. [unintelligible] we have a good idea of how to stop guys trying to blow up a plan over detroit. the technology is there. we need to make sure that the people who need to use the technology can use it properly. and we do to help? >> thanks for your comments. i think there will be budget implications. my view is, and i want to go back to a point that the senator asked me, the privacy vs. security issues that kids raised in connection with a whole body scanners. we do look at privacy issues from the get go. ultimately, the question is, what do we need to do to protect the security of the flying public even at the take to deal with privacy. security is the number one concern. one thing that this committee and the congress can't do in addition to that is setting public expectation. we are doing and will continue to do everything we can do to prevent this kind of yvette from ever happening again. from whatever source anywhere around the world, there is no one silver bullet. yes we can push
bridgett more difficult for us to check it. -- more difficult for us to check it. [unintelligible] we have a good idea of how to stop guys trying to blow up a plan over detroit. the technology is there. we need to make sure that the people who need to use the technology can use it properly. and we do to help? >> thanks for your comments. i think there will be budget implications. my view is, and i want to go back to a point that the senator asked me, the privacy vs. security issues that...
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they are not enamored with us. they have seen with the other teams will do. >> you said that you favor bipartisan legislation. do you think that the irresponsibility of the majority, the only way they can get it is to get the minority? >> there are 59 democrats in the senate and 41 republicans. in the house, the democrat majority is 40 seats larger than the minority. the only bipartisan opposition to the job killing agenda are republicans and moderate democrats were saying, no, stop. they do not need us to pass legislation there has been no outreach of year. i want to sit down and try to address the problems that we have. i know my principles are. i am not going to sacrifice my principles by sitting down and negotiating. i am willing to sit down and work with them. b>> there are a majority of elements. >> i will not vote for a bill that raises taxes. i will not vote for a bill lakers decided government. i will not vote for a bill that this government -- put his government in control of the decisions american should
they are not enamored with us. they have seen with the other teams will do. >> you said that you favor bipartisan legislation. do you think that the irresponsibility of the majority, the only way they can get it is to get the minority? >> there are 59 democrats in the senate and 41 republicans. in the house, the democrat majority is 40 seats larger than the minority. the only bipartisan opposition to the job killing agenda are republicans and moderate democrats were saying, no,...
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so, let us begin. to the candidates, president obama and democrats in congress are now in the final stages of hammering out a national health care bill. there is a very real possibility that the winner of this election will be in a position to ensure passage of the bill or its defeat. do you want voters in massachusetts to see next tuesday's vote as a referendum on this national health care bill? mr. brown? >> thank you. it's a pleasure to be here and i went thank kennedy institute and boston. thank you for the question. the health care bill proposed in washington is broken. the backroom deals, nebraska, louisiana we all know about it. we need to start over. we have health care already in massachusetts. 90% of the people are already in short. we did it with the help of the senate president and others. we don't need what is being pushed in washington on massachusetts. half a trillion dollars cut from medicare, you're going to look at blogger lines and less coverage. we know we need to reform pricing and
so, let us begin. to the candidates, president obama and democrats in congress are now in the final stages of hammering out a national health care bill. there is a very real possibility that the winner of this election will be in a position to ensure passage of the bill or its defeat. do you want voters in massachusetts to see next tuesday's vote as a referendum on this national health care bill? mr. brown? >> thank you. it's a pleasure to be here and i went thank kennedy institute and...
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use the same concept. in not enforcement we can do a lot better than where we're at today. >> two things. the police need clear rules to apply because without them it is hard to educate anybody but those rules are. and second the front-page story bears that out. you went to question whether those are being followed. today the post is the fbi four years collected telephone call record two sitting-- using national security letters about open investigations that are a prerequisite to collect data information. the people within the the american lawyers questioned the activity and they were not resolved in a way that is protected of the privacy of the people to whom the records pertained. >> this happened four years years, agents raise a question and it continued and disseminate disclose today because the independent inspector general report. another thing that would be helpful for law-enforcement trading would be to ensure that law enforcement officers attacked in a transparent ways of the activities are being
use the same concept. in not enforcement we can do a lot better than where we're at today. >> two things. the police need clear rules to apply because without them it is hard to educate anybody but those rules are. and second the front-page story bears that out. you went to question whether those are being followed. today the post is the fbi four years collected telephone call record two sitting-- using national security letters about open investigations that are a prerequisite to collect...
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to each of us it was not sufficient that she raised and nurtured us. we all want this and i mean this literally, we wanted her to raise our children and our grandchildren and our great grandchildren because we knew -- we new mom could give them something we couldn't at least not in the same measure. those intangibles, confidence, balance, the feeling of absolute security and unconditional love and a total sense of what it meant to be family. consequently i don't think that -- i mean this literally i don't think there is a week that went by from the time boe was born until the time her youngest grandson, nick, spent the night with her, that there wasn't one of our children in her home stay in the night. we ferried them back and forth. we did it because we really did know if they were new mum mum they would get that special thing. mum mum had a six -- sixth sense. she had a way. we desperately wanted each of our children to feel that. .. she taught us to be respectful toward everyone, but deferential to no one. our mother was proud on the edge of the fin
to each of us it was not sufficient that she raised and nurtured us. we all want this and i mean this literally, we wanted her to raise our children and our grandchildren and our great grandchildren because we knew -- we new mom could give them something we couldn't at least not in the same measure. those intangibles, confidence, balance, the feeling of absolute security and unconditional love and a total sense of what it meant to be family. consequently i don't think that -- i mean this...
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against us. the odds are always in the terrorist favor. there is no question about that. that said, it seems to me that does not and shouldn't be used to prevent failures. one of the additional things to me that seems is commendable about the president's response to this which it doesn't say in the beginning is unlike the typical government response or maybe i did say it but it is worth underscoring hear the president in contrast to the initial statement on secretary napolitano's part which she said was misconstrued and i take her at her word wishes of the system works the president's consistent saying the system failed and was a catastrophic failure particularly catastrophic failure and there were doubts the could have been connected and should have been connected that were not just clear in hindsight but were clear at the time just a couple of quick examples of that and to mention one in particular paul mentioned, the nsa intercepts that a nigerian was being prepared for attacks in the united s
against us. the odds are always in the terrorist favor. there is no question about that. that said, it seems to me that does not and shouldn't be used to prevent failures. one of the additional things to me that seems is commendable about the president's response to this which it doesn't say in the beginning is unlike the typical government response or maybe i did say it but it is worth underscoring hear the president in contrast to the initial statement on secretary napolitano's part which she...
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worked with us. -- friendship of everybody who has worked with us. i want to thank those who was with us here on sunday. he just called me. he said that we cannot win them all. he knows better than anyone. he appreciates what i did and what you did and he extends his heartfelt thanks. as i know from losing a campaign several years ago, i feel very strongly about that if you do not run you cannot win. you do not always win all the time. they put in our best efforts. sometimes it is more important to travel far than to arrive. [applause] we will continue to travel. i know that. i know that many of you had the pleasure of seeing president clinton as he was on the campaign trail. i want to thank him. i need to send my thanks to vicki kennedy who campaigned with me all weekend. she was the source of dignity and grace and humor. she gave me a good tip. she said i'm telling my saidted -- i am channeling my knee inn ted. -- i am channeling my inner ted. much love to her and her family in this endeavor. this is the deal. although our campaign and tonight, we
worked with us. -- friendship of everybody who has worked with us. i want to thank those who was with us here on sunday. he just called me. he said that we cannot win them all. he knows better than anyone. he appreciates what i did and what you did and he extends his heartfelt thanks. as i know from losing a campaign several years ago, i feel very strongly about that if you do not run you cannot win. you do not always win all the time. they put in our best efforts. sometimes it is more...
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this is us. at the very least we tolerate what does not hurt us. i can not find any way that same sex marriage will hurt the marriages of other people or hurt the residents of the district of columbia. >>> we'll be right back with d.c. congresswoman . >>> police are still searching this morning for a stolen car that they say had a security guard's gun inside it. investigators say someone stole the blue 2003 jaguar around 6:00 last evening in the 9100 block of central avenue in capitol heights. the security guard was standing outside of the car when another man jumped in and drove away. >>> family and friends pay their final respects to the cia agent killed in a suicide bombing in afghanistan nearly two weeks ago. harold brown jr. was laido rest in massachusetts yesterday. the 37-year-old lived in northern virginia for the past several years. he leaves behind his wife and three young children. >>> bitter cold continues to grip our area but the freezing conditionsid not stop people from hitting the streets. people braved the cold to jog, ride their s
this is us. at the very least we tolerate what does not hurt us. i can not find any way that same sex marriage will hurt the marriages of other people or hurt the residents of the district of columbia. >>> we'll be right back with d.c. congresswoman . >>> police are still searching this morning for a stolen car that they say had a security guard's gun inside it. investigators say someone stole the blue 2003 jaguar around 6:00 last evening in the 9100 block of central avenue in...
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let us put in place could print -- good business practices for the medicare program and use those savings to directly finance health care reform. my expectation, in the current budget deficit environment, if we did not have reform, these components would be put in place anyway for deficit reduction. here we are using it for financing health care reform. they are not things that will -- medicare beneficiaries will feel just as adversely affected. this has been one of the most controversial components of the legislation. with regard to what we believe would be the impact of having a public option -- a strong public option available in the health insurance exchange, is one that would basically catalog their competition. it would be there as a lower administrative costs and a somewhat lower payment rate-type of plan available. because of its presence, it would force other insurers to negotiate with providers in a more aggressive way. right now we have a lot of concentration in health insurance market, but we also have a concentration in the hospital markets. this has created a situation where
let us put in place could print -- good business practices for the medicare program and use those savings to directly finance health care reform. my expectation, in the current budget deficit environment, if we did not have reform, these components would be put in place anyway for deficit reduction. here we are using it for financing health care reform. they are not things that will -- medicare beneficiaries will feel just as adversely affected. this has been one of the most controversial...
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it against us. host: if president obama gets health care legislation and signs it, will that be one of the issues that you use in the election? guest: absolutely. health care will be an ongoing issue until it gets resolved in the way when the government doesn't stand between the doctor and the patient and you're looking at a system that is bottom up. the situation is you've created a bureaucracy to solve cost problems. so if cost is the issue, if that's the driver, then what do we need to do to address the costs, to bring those costs down that creates greater competition in the marketplace so insurance companies, there are not only three insurance companies you can go to in my state. i can go to the four over there or the seven that are over there. you create competition. and you do other things. the other thing is if you have 40 million, 33 million, 10 million people who are uninsured, look at the systemic reasons as to why they're uninsured and begin to address that. that again does as the republi
it against us. host: if president obama gets health care legislation and signs it, will that be one of the issues that you use in the election? guest: absolutely. health care will be an ongoing issue until it gets resolved in the way when the government doesn't stand between the doctor and the patient and you're looking at a system that is bottom up. the situation is you've created a bureaucracy to solve cost problems. so if cost is the issue, if that's the driver, then what do we need to do to...
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life gave us liberty." i say to all who are in this movement, bill life may be losing in washington, d.c., but life is winning in america. and because of all of you, the pro-life america will take this congress back in 2010 and take this country back in 2012 so help us god. [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon. i am congressman jim sensenbrenner from wisconsin. [cheers and applause] during my six years as chairman of the house judiciary committee , i managed the law that day and a partial birth abortion -- [cheers and applause] -- and the law that tried to save teri schiavo's life. thank you all for coming. we've been reading an awful lot about health care likely. and the of original bill that obama and policy and harry reid introduced used your tax dollars to pay for elective abortions. as mike pence has said that is morally wrong but it's also bad policy because we should on is the power of taxation granted to the congress back to the united states constitution to enforce you to pay for a procedure tha
life gave us liberty." i say to all who are in this movement, bill life may be losing in washington, d.c., but life is winning in america. and because of all of you, the pro-life america will take this congress back in 2010 and take this country back in 2012 so help us god. [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon. i am congressman jim sensenbrenner from wisconsin. [cheers and applause] during my six years as chairman of the house judiciary committee , i managed the law that day and a...